Strangers, Aliens, Foreigners

To contend with others is to contend with ourselves. The way we “other” others, by identifying and reinforcing social distance, is more a product of who we are and who we want to be than it is about “others.” Strangers, Aliens, Foreignersquestions such consolidation and polarization of identities in...

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description To contend with others is to contend with ourselves. The way we “other” others, by identifying and reinforcing social distance, is more a product of who we are and who we want to be than it is about “others.” Strangers, Aliens, Foreignersquestions such consolidation and polarization of identities in representations ranging from migrants and refugees, to terrorist labels, to constructions of the local. Inclusive and exclusive identities are observed through often arbitrary yet strategically ambiguous lines of class, religion, race, ethnicity, nationality, social status, and geography. However, despite any arbitrariness in definition, there are very real consequences for the emotional, physical, and psychological well-being of those constructed as “the other”, as well as legal governance implications involving human rights and wider sociopolitical ethics. From practical, professional, and political-philosophical points of view, this collection examines what it means to be, or to construct, the Strangers, Aliens, Foreigners. Contributors are David Elijah Bell, Adina Camenisch, Hanna Jagtenberg, Seraina Müller, Lana Pavić, Michelle Ryan, Marissa Sonnis-Bell and Tomasso Trilló.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-724072025-07-30T22:26:24Z Strangers, Aliens, Foreigners Sonnis-Bell, Marissa Bell, David E. Ryan, Michelle Social Science Sociology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology To contend with others is to contend with ourselves. The way we “other” others, by identifying and reinforcing social distance, is more a product of who we are and who we want to be than it is about “others.” Strangers, Aliens, Foreignersquestions such consolidation and polarization of identities in representations ranging from migrants and refugees, to terrorist labels, to constructions of the local. Inclusive and exclusive identities are observed through often arbitrary yet strategically ambiguous lines of class, religion, race, ethnicity, nationality, social status, and geography. However, despite any arbitrariness in definition, there are very real consequences for the emotional, physical, and psychological well-being of those constructed as “the other”, as well as legal governance implications involving human rights and wider sociopolitical ethics. From practical, professional, and political-philosophical points of view, this collection examines what it means to be, or to construct, the Strangers, Aliens, Foreigners. Contributors are David Elijah Bell, Adina Camenisch, Hanna Jagtenberg, Seraina Müller, Lana Pavić, Michelle Ryan, Marissa Sonnis-Bell and Tomasso Trilló. 2021-10-20T04:02:28Z 2021-10-20T04:02:28Z 2021-10-19T05:32:26Z 2018 book OCN: 1082519224 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51082 9789004383128 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/72407 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51082/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51082/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51082/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51082/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51082/1/external_content.pdf Brill Brill https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004383128 https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004383128 33fecb33-e7c4-4fc8-96b0-7ba2fccafba9 Knowledge Unlatched 9789004383128 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2020: HSS Backlist Books Brill open access
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Strangers, Aliens, Foreigners
title Strangers, Aliens, Foreigners
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Sociology
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Sociology
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